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A glorious bad movie

On this date in 1996, "Kingpin" was released.

As is the case with most of his films, Bill Murray ad-libbed virtually every line he spoke, including commercial. He would read over the script, get the general idea, and then discard it. The Farrelly brothers, on the DVD commentary, said that they're very glad he did, because it was funnier.

Director Bobby Farrelly: “Bill just threw all the pages away and just said, 'I get it, trust me,' and we did and every line he came up with was better than the line that was scripted. 'You’re on a gravy train with biscuit wheels.' Like, where the f**k did that sh!t come from? It was genius."

Jim Carrey was the first choice of the Farrelly brothers to play Ernie McCracken.

Farrelly: “When we got to the final part and Bill had to get three strikes in a row, I figured it could take 10 to 15 rolls. It’s gonna take a while for him to get three strikes. So I explained the situation to the audience. ‘It’s the last frame, he needs a turkey here. And so on the first one, you guys clap big, and then the second one, you clap bigger, and on the third one, you explode because he needs all three.' Of course, Bill gets up there, first one, strike. Everybody goes nuts. Second one, strike, the place goes crazy. Third one, strike. Three in a row. They were really blown away. Like, Bill just threw three strikes in a row when he had to and they erupted. It was not fake at all.”
 

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George Kramer said:
Deadpool 3 has to be one of the worst movies ever made
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Do the comic book / superhero movies need a breather?

I don't watch any of them and even I'm bored of them. Feels like there's been hundreds in the last 5 years
 
Drugs Are Bad Mackay? said:
Do the comic book / superhero movies need a breather?

I don't watch any of them and even I'm bored of them. Feels like there's been hundreds in the last 5 years
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I’ve watched nearly all and there have been some really entertaining movies but they ****ed up when they started going into all this multi universe bullshit, Deadpool even took the piss out of but still based its movie around it.

Deadpool kept including jokes that included real life shit which got tiring. It was just a stupid movie, the first one was original and a good movie, this went to far and was just boring crap.

But yeah they need a break.

Also you telling me you’ve not seen Ironman, Captain America and The Avengers? Some really good movies amongst those.
 
Ernie McCracken, perhaps second only to Shooter McGavin in great sports comedy movie villains

White Goodman not quite at the same level

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On this date in 1996, "Kingpin" was released.

As is the case with most of his films, Bill Murray ad-libbed virtually every line he spoke, including commercial. He would read over the script, get the general idea, and then discard it. The Farrelly brothers, on the DVD commentary, said that they're very glad he did, because it was funnier.

Director Bobby Farrelly: “Bill just threw all the pages away and just said, 'I get it, trust me,' and we did and every line he came up with was better than the line that was scripted. 'You’re on a gravy train with biscuit wheels.' Like, where the f**k did that sh!t come from? It was genius."

Jim Carrey was the first choice of the Farrelly brothers to play Ernie McCracken.

Farrelly: “When we got to the final part and Bill had to get three strikes in a row, I figured it could take 10 to 15 rolls. It’s gonna take a while for him to get three strikes. So I explained the situation to the audience. ‘It’s the last frame, he needs a turkey here. And so on the first one, you guys clap big, and then the second one, you clap bigger, and on the third one, you explode because he needs all three.' Of course, Bill gets up there, first one, strike. Everybody goes nuts. Second one, strike, the place goes crazy. Third one, strike. Three in a row. They were really blown away. Like, Bill just threw three strikes in a row when he had to and they erupted. It was not fake at all.”
 
Drugs Are Bad Mackay? said:
Do the comic book / superhero movies need a breather?

I don't watch any of them and even I'm bored of them. Feels like there's been hundreds in the last 5 years
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I'm so behind on comic book films. I mentally checked out of this fad when the first Avengers came out.

The problem I've got is that I never read comics so the only superheroes I'm aware of was whatever showed up in movies and cartoons when I was growing up. So that's basically Spider Man, Superman, Batman and X-Men. If it's a comic book movie and not one of those things, I'm going to have a bad time.
 
I recorded it last night on Fox and just watching it now. Golda. About Golda Mier.
IT stars Helen Mirren as Golda. Helen Mirren has portrayed so many historical figures. An Amazing actress.
Her make up is great and she almost looks like Mier.
 

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brucetiki said:
After the traditional watching of Home Alone 1 & 2, I’m forcing myself to sit through Home Alone 4.

Daniel Stern was right when he called it an insult to the first 2 movies.
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Haha, I just watched Home Alone 1 & 2 last night. I love the first two movies and think they definitely still stand up today. I refuse to watch 3 and 4. To me the series ended at 2. The rest just is a money grab. But they came at a time when sequels were traditionally sub par and only existed to bank.


So I am in full Christmas movie mode. Its my favourite time of year and christmas movies are a a big part. Usually have a list of movies I watch every year that finish with watching Christmas Vacation on Christmas Eve with some egg nogg off course.

So a few of my favourites in no particular order that I tend to watch each year
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
Christmas Vacation
Elf
Its a wonderful life
Miracle on 34th Street (the original)
White Christmas

A few others get thrown into the mix but these are the ones I watch the most.
 
adelaidecrows said:
Haha, I just watched Home Alone 1 & 2 last night. I love the first two movies and think they definitely still stand up today. I refuse to watch 3 and 4. To me the series ended at 2. The rest just is a money grab. But they came at a time when sequels were traditionally sub par and only existed to bank.


So I am in full Christmas movie mode. Its my favourite time of year and christmas movies are a a big part. Usually have a list of movies I watch every year that finish with watching Christmas Vacation on Christmas Eve with some egg nogg off course.

So a few of my favourites in no particular order that I tend to watch each year
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
Christmas Vacation
Elf
Its a wonderful life
Miracle on 34th Street (the original)
White Christmas

A few others get thrown into the mix but these are the ones I watch the most.
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As a standalone movie, I don’t mind Home Alone 3. It’s a little odd having a completely different family and plot, but it’s not the worst movie out there.

4, 5 and 6 are just horrible. Not even a cameo of Devin Ratray reprising Buzz in the sixth instalment saves that one.
 

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